Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"Too many of us suffer from pervasive feelings of personal powerlessness. We have a terrible habit of obstructing our own paths forward, especially at the worst possible moments." ~ Amy Cuddy Who are YOU? I recently re-listened to a podcast with the great Amy Cuddy (of TED talk fame) and Lewis Howe. She is a PHD [...]
“Look to the lighthouse of the Lord. There is no fog so dense, no night so dark, no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what its beacon light can rescue.” – Thomas S Monson Chasing Maine Lighthouses Part Two Last Fall, I did an impromptu lighthouse tour on my way up to Mount Desert island. (MDI) [...]
"Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to community." ~ Simon Mainwaring I have written before about marketing one's self on social media and the different platforms that can be and are beneficial to connecting and promoting yourself. It isn't just what you use, but HOW you use it. Social media isn't abhorrently evil. [...]
I was at a wedding, when a guy I was tentatively dating - I say tentatively because it wasn’t official, nor did it ever become official- sent me a text saying only trashy girls post pictures of themselves drinking. I was shocked and appalled. In no way was it a trashy picture. I wasn’t naked. [...]
All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike. ~ Maya Angelou I recently read a blog that provided much food for thought. It also cemented my views as a very traditionalist artist. I have always been a writer. Since [...]